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." >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road." after he did something unforgivable, she did something >> reporter: do you realize what regift you gave this guy? >> i do. do. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we depend on goods shipped in from overseas. but a strike has effectively shut down the point of entry for many of those goods. the ports of los angeles and long beach, california. they are critical, because those ports handle about 39% of all the goods that arrive by ship. it came to about $200 billion worth this year. what's behind this strike? here's john blackstone in l.a. >> reporter: it began with 70 workers. now all 800 members of their union are on strike. but 10,000 other dock workers are refusing to cross the picket line. that has brought the normally busy port to a new stand still. geraldine knatz directs the port of los angeles. >> there's probably about a billion dollars worth of goods that come through this port everyday and w
." >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road." after he did something unforgivable, she did something >> reporter: do you realize what regift you gave this guy? >> i do. do. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we depend on goods shipped in from overseas. but a strike has effectively shut down the point of entry for many of those goods. the ports of los angeles...
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>> pelley: steve hartman proves that he does "on the road". >> merry christmas! captioning sponsored by cbs pelley. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. erspelley: good evening. when the supreme court alters ed icourse of the nation, names are etched in history. ralessy v. ferguson" endorsed inial segregation; "brown v. board of education" ended it in hat ation. today we learned that the next name to make civil rights history may be "hollingsworth v. willy." her court said it will hear the case which could decide whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. the case centers on a ban on 20me-sex marriage that was passed by california voters in 2008. john blackstone has our lead from san francisco. >> reporter: for five months in 2008, same-sex couples in california could marry legally. then voters passed proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. when gay couples challenged prop 8, both the state supreme court and the federal ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutiona
>> pelley: steve hartman proves that he does "on the road". >> merry christmas! captioning sponsored by cbs pelley. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. erspelley: good evening. when the supreme court alters ed icourse of the nation, names are etched in history. ralessy v. ferguson" endorsed inial segregation; "brown v. board of education" ended it in hat ation. today we learned that the next name to make...
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. >> i'm rick steves. >> reporter: who has hosted his travel television show was the proponent for legal marijuana. >> i spent my adult life in europe hanging out with people who think it's wacky to be locking up people for smoking pot. >> reporter: in a show from amsterdam, steves gave a preview of what soon could be coming to cities and towns in washington. >> throughout netherlands, bars selling marijuana are called coffee shops. they have over 300. >> reporter: he says america should not fear. >> consumption is not going to go up a lot. by every statistic, our government and dutch government americans smoke more pot than the dutch and they have the most liberal laws on pot. >> all we've achieved by prohibition is to fill our jails and to make drug dealers quite rich. >> reporter: he says legal marijuana, even with high taxes, will be cheaper than illegal marijuana. >> you want to put the drug dealers out of business? >> absolutely. >> reporter: now that marijuana is legal here in washington the state will start collecting taxes on it. they hope to raise some $500 million a year. but
. >> i'm rick steves. >> reporter: who has hosted his travel television show was the proponent for legal marijuana. >> i spent my adult life in europe hanging out with people who think it's wacky to be locking up people for smoking pot. >> reporter: in a show from amsterdam, steves gave a preview of what soon could be coming to cities and towns in washington. >> throughout netherlands, bars selling marijuana are called coffee shops. they have over 300. >>...
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. >> steve you filmed this whole thing. with stories like skydiving involved was it easy or difficult to take yourself out it and be the photographer here? >> as a filmmaker you want to separate yourself from the subject but these stories are so powerful. one of the pictures we shot was banyan tree project. it's great for them to release that and tell their powerful story. new signed up for six months. you ended up going for the whole ride. >> absolutely. i thought i would just take one semester off from grad school but once i got on the bus and saw these inspiring stories i knew i would just be kicking myself if i didn't keep going with it. >> too good of a ride to leave. >> amy you were born in belgium yet you wanted to do this across the u.s. why? >> well i've been here on holiday before but why say no to the opportunity to visit 48 of the 50 states and visit in such a way on the road meeting these amazing people who are doing great things. like one of our recent stories i got to film was girls at work and one woman in n
. >> steve you filmed this whole thing. with stories like skydiving involved was it easy or difficult to take yourself out it and be the photographer here? >> as a filmmaker you want to separate yourself from the subject but these stories are so powerful. one of the pictures we shot was banyan tree project. it's great for them to release that and tell their powerful story. new signed up for six months. you ended up going for the whole ride. >> absolutely. i thought i would...
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in 2009 retired star quarterback steve mcnair was shot to death by his mistress in a murder-suicide. after the jovan belcher murder-suicide, bob costas set off a bis of a controversy when he decided to address the issue of gun control during an nfl broadcast. >> if jovan belcher didn't possess a gun, he and kasandra perkins would both be alive today. >> why do athletes love guns? the reality is this is a gun culture. lots of people own guns. >> reporter: he says the issue of guns and athletes is about youth, money, and perceived power. >> the problem is that many don't outgrow their power, a new national pastime has some very deep seated issues. >> reporter: the league has had a strict gun policy in place since 1996 that prohibits players from bringing guns to any facility or event affiliated with the league. but that was not enough to stop a tragedy in kansas city this past weekend. for "cbs this morning," i'm jim axelrod in new york. >> senior correspondent john miller former fbi assistant director joins us now. how do they go about enforcing the existing gun laws? >> well what the
in 2009 retired star quarterback steve mcnair was shot to death by his mistress in a murder-suicide. after the jovan belcher murder-suicide, bob costas set off a bis of a controversy when he decided to address the issue of gun control during an nfl broadcast. >> if jovan belcher didn't possess a gun, he and kasandra perkins would both be alive today. >> why do athletes love guns? the reality is this is a gun culture. lots of people own guns. >> reporter: he says the issue of...